Numbers up for school parents

The Centre for Learning Change and Development at Murdoch University’s will develop ways to promote the importance of numeracy to parents.

The researchers secured over $176,000 to produce promotional material to encourage parents to support their children’s development of numeracy skills.

“The project aims to help parents understand and value the importance of numeracy learning, especially those whose children may be disadvantaged in terms of numeracy outcomes,” said Mr Tim Morrison, the Centre’s Manager of operations.

“We hope to encourage a perception of numeracy as something enjoyable, accessible and important in everyday life, and provide parents with practical skills of everyday activities which can develop their children’s numeracy skills.”

Teachers and parents across Western Australia will be involved in the trialling phase of the project, and extensive consultation with government and non-government agencies will be undertaken.

This six-month project, directed by Ms Beth Powell from the School of Education, is funded by the Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs.